To take note of what we learn as we use native plants to transform a garden in the oldest part of London, Ontario.

Monday, November 8, 2010

For Grace from Windthread- a link about sustainability

The video in this November 5, 2010 post from 'No Impact Man', titled 'To Hell With Sustainability' came across my desk this weekend. It is a rewarding and inspiring few minutes, and I hope will find an interested audience with Grace from Windthread (who seems to have lots of extra reasons to be hopeful for the future these days!)

8 comments:

i spent the year of 2008 and into 2009with Sharon Astyk ofDepletion and Abundancei "met" No Impact Man then...and then for a while, i just got quiet.and after a while, i started making cloth.but all the time i stitch cloth, i think about a lot of things.sustainabilitywhat i have causedoutside my little no impact trailer homewhat it meant/means.the questions no impact man poses:not Can we do it foreverbutSHOULD we? then, WHY?because it is organic or "native"...is thatsustainable?you are always on my mind, gracie of theLondon Ontario Meadow...i will turn more ofmy mind to you now.thank you for being patient,g

ok.so, it's late and i am tired. BUT...i looked at the land outside here and therewas all this space.i saw it as space toGROW things.i CAN grow pretty much anything.so, i started planting.Native Plants.native plants, meaning things that growof their own volition in the desert ofthis part of America.and i watered them. with a hose.lots of people here are into Drip Systems.which really mean, stuff gets watered withoutyou (a person) standing there with a hoserunning.

can you tell i am paranoid about writing toomany "characters" in a comment???yes.so...i did this. it is GREAT. this springi put up a skeleton of a green house, hoophouse according to specs from the Ag College.ok. i will "grow" year round.well, suddenly...and because of thecloth making, i was not going outside sooften. it took at least 2 hrs a day towater. and then, there was the ripping outof the kochia weed, among others. so, say,4 hours a day. hmmm.and i could see the "re-run" of when all mykids (adult kids) were here and my son waslooking around, pleased, and my daughter said " yes, but if she wasn'there, in two weeks, most of it would be dead". sustainability. for what? forwhom?ok.enough for tonight.

i wish you would give up this post thing...having to wait.i like to see what i wrote right away.there is that little trash can icon. youcan dump any comments you don't want withthat...but seeing one's comment right away encourages more comment and we needmore comment, yes?

Oh Grace, you continue to amaze me, and I have lots of things to ask about. I have changed the 'comment moderation' (I think) and so they should appear right away. Thank you for letting me know I could do that.

I have a full day tomorrow working outside, and so will have to compose my questions later. Thank you for your patience!